KEEPING THE PROMISE...

Beside the tiny window she sits...
listens the whistling wintry breeze.
The sun slowly sets behind the snowy hills,
fading sunbeam caresses those drooping trees.
She is still holding that dried rose...
she holds it closest to her heart,
she presses her lips hardest she can,
tries so hard to conceal her agonies;
tries so much to stop those tears;
yet it keeps falling down,again and again!
Her eyes are wet,her vision blurred
life is like a dark tunnel,to her!
Years after years she keeps her promise
that she once made ,to her dearest one!
She is still waiting and keeps on waiting,
until her coveted one comes back to her.
That day is still so fresh in her mind,
like morning dew on tulip petals...
like the tranquil, warm breeze of autumn.
She heard the sound of rushing footsteps,
on the staircase,behind her room.
She was wrapped with that white dress
that special dress,every woman dreams of!
She was serene,looking like an angel
wearing that fluffy wedding gown...
Butterflies in stomach,bubbles in her head
she was neither dreaming, nor even awake!
Suddenly those knocks on that closed door
made her frightened,left her awestruck!
And it was him,terrified and exhausted,
he was gasping,his voice was chocked...
Few moments of silence,just few moments..
like the strange peace before a violent storm;
he opened his mouth and slowly uttered...
all those words,cruel and venomous!
He had to go and serve his country....
for as a soldier it was his foremost duty!
Those words were sharp as a knife;
it stabbed her heart,it stabbed her soul..!
She was numb,she was petrified,
it was so sudden that she could hardly react!
But it were those magical words,
the last request he made, before he was gone...
and which still lingers in her ears....
"will you wait for me,until I return?"
He had that strange aura in his eyes,
the aura of submission,the aura of request...
She could not ignore,she just nodded,
"I promise...I will wait,wait till eternity!"
She turned feeble,she grew old....
and those golden locks...are now gray.
She is still keeping her promise,that she made;
beside the tiny window she sits...
and listens the whistling wintry breeze.....!!!